[-empyre-] Neal Robinson- Lady in Wight

[Christina McPhee]

Am pleased to share with you Neal Robinson's pharmakon

LADY IN WIGHT   at  http://pharmakonlibrary.blogspot.com/  new images


There was a young lady of Wight
Who traveled much faster than light.
She departed one day,
In a relative way,
And arrived on the previous night.

In the " Sum Over Histories Theory"  American scientist Richard  
Feynman put forth the idea that a particle in space-time
would go from point A to B by every possible path. Thus inspired by  
the human perception of time and space the
Lady in Wight variants are rooted in the subject of quantum mechanics,  
a branch of mathematical physics that deals
with atomic and subatomic systems.

Shot in three different locations around the country Miami Florida,  
Columbus Ohio, and Salt Lake City Utah, the pictures
combine to form a photographic collage that explores the phenomena of  
a quantum universe. These images,
which were taken mostly from airports, create a literal association  
about time travel. Board a plane in one state, exit
in another, and you can gain or lose hours just by crossing a time  
zone. Travel far enough and long enough and one
can even cross an international date line to gain or lose a day.

The Lady in Wight pieces explore a multitude of questions. What  
changes when we finally abandon the idea of an
absolute time and recognize that each observer has their own personal  
measurement? Since the laws of science do
not distinguish between the past and future, why do we? What happens  
when we don’t?





  NEAL ROBINSON CONSIDERS ALL POSSIBILITIES FOR THE PARTICLE TRAVELLING
FROM A TO B. A PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE MFA PROGRAM AT CRANBROOK, HIS RECENT
WORK SHOWED IN SIDE BY SIDE: NEW WORKS FROM THE CRANBROOK PHOTOGRAPHY
STUDIOS, MUSEUM OF NEW ART, DETROIT

, 2008 LADY IN WIGHT



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